Wire gate



(No'Model.)

A. J. COINTE.

WIRE GATE. No. 383,705. Patented May 29, 1888.

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ARISTIDE J. COINTE, OF GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

WIRE GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,705, dated May 29,1888.

v Application filed February Q5, 1888. Serial No. 265.238. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ArrsrrDE J. CorNrE, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Green Bay, in the county of Brown andState of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Gates; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such'as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to gates, more particularly to wire gates,reference being had to the drawings forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my gate. Fig. 2 is a perspective vie-wof the lever fastening, and Fig. 3 shows a modified form of fasteninglink.

A A denote posts having eyebolts a a a' a" attached.

B denotes a hingebar, jonrnaled at both Ierdls in eyebolts a a, andlhaving small holes Cdenotes astretcher-bar having small holes b b b b',a laterally and downwardly projecting step, D, a stud, c, and a slot, c.

E denotes a lever journaled upon the stud c as a ful'crum, having thehandle f turned therein and its ends turned at rightangles and providedwith holesff.

F denotes a link which engages with the open eye on the bolt a.

g g g g are wires passing through the small holes in the stretcher-barand hingebar and doubled and twisted.

H denotes a cross-brace having one end rigidly fastened to thehingelbar, the other end having the stretcher bar pivotally attachedthereto.

K denotes a cross-brace having one end rigidly attached to thehinge-bar, its opposite 4o end being slotted, vas at n, to receive astud or pin, s, on the stretcher-bar.

The stretcher-bar, hinge-bar, and lever may be made of any suitablematerial. The link F may be replaced by the open link shown in 45 Fig.3. The cross-braces H and K may be made of wood or iron and. should bebolted together at their intersection.

The gate is operated as follows: To open the gate, the lever E is thrownupward, the link 5o disengaged from the eye a, and the stretcher' bar isforced backward on the brace K, the pin s riding in the slot n. Thisraises or turns the arc-shaped step out of the eye a', thus freeing thegate from its fastenings and allow- 55 ing it to swing open. To closethe gate, the operation is reversed.

Having shown and described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 6o .A wire gate consisting of a hinge-bar,B, and fasteningbar C, connected by wires and having braces H K crossedand fastened at their intersection and to said hinge-bar, the fasteningor stretcher bar being pivotally con 65 nected near its lower end to thebrace H and adjustably connected at its upper end to the brace K by thepin s and slot n, with suitable means,substantially as described, forsecuring said hinge-bar and fastening or stretcher bar 7c to thegate-posts.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signaturein presence of twowitnesses.

ARISTIDE J. COINTE.

